Improvement in baling-presses



UNITED STATES 'eEonGE FORDHAM JONES, on PITTSTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT m BALl NG-PRESSES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 173,965, dated February 22, 1876; application filed February 14, 1876.

in Baling-Presses, of which the following is.

a specification i My invention consists of a hay or cotton press, constructed as fully described hereafter, so as to insure greater simplicity in construction and operation, greater strength and durability, and reduce the weight.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a side elevation, showing-a portable hay-press constructed in accordance with my invention; and Fig. 2 a plan View, showing the parts in a different position; I

A is the bed-plate, which may be securedfirmly to a stationary foundation, but which is preferably mounted upon wheels, so as to constitute a truck. B is a casing, constructed in any suitable manner, containing the balingchamber, and mounted on the bed'plate so that it may be secured stationary, or so as to slide thereon to a limited extent. Upon the bed-plate, opposite the casing B, is arranged a steam-engine, G, the valve of which is controlled from the piston-rod a"through .the medium of a rod, 1), connected at one end to an arm on the piston-rod, and at the other end to an arm, 0, on the rocking valve-spindle d.

.Tothe outer end of the piston-rod is secured a plate or platen, e, of, such a size as to readily enter the open inner end of the'chest B. The flange and cap, at the rear end of the cylinder, are enlarged to form a second stationary platen, c, and the engine is so connected to the bedplate that it may be reversed to the position shown in Fig. 2, for the purpose described hereafter. I y I The engine is supplied with steam from a stationary or portable boiler, and operates antomatically. the valve being so constructed as to reverse the piston at the end ot' 'the stroke. The hay is thrown into the inner end of the chest B, infront of the platen e,which, as it V Vmoves forward, compresses the hay in the chest, and then retires prior to another quantity of hay being introduced, these operations being repeated until a bale of sufficient size is formed, when it is tied and removed.

ing is avoided, insuring great Strength and durability, and greatly reducing the weight of the apparatus.

The chief advantage, however, is in the simplicity of the construction, which is'of the utmost importance in apparatus which have to be handled by farmers and others unskilled in the use of steam machinery.

Byniounting the engine and baling-chest upon a truck the apparatus is rendered portable, and the necessity of employing a separate truck, heretofore required with portable baling-presses, is avoided. Although I prefer to-use a stationary chest, B, and a movable platen, the chest may slide upon the platform, as before described. In this case the engine is turned to the position shown inFig.

2, and the chest B is connected by rods w to the platen e, the hay being forced into the chest as the latter approaches the stationary,

platen e".

It will be seen that theleffect is the samein both cases, the engine acting directly to com press the hay in the balingchamber.

\Nithout limiting myself to the precise con-' 1 struction and arrangement of parts described, -I do not claim the combination of a directactmg engine, and a platen attached to the piston-rod; neither do I claim a platen reciprocating in or opposite to a baling-chest; but

I claim- The combination of a baling-chest, B, and I an engine,(), having a platen, 0,.connectedto the piston-rod, and operating directly to form a bale by packing the material in small quanefi FORDM. O ES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. FosTER, CoURTNEY A. COOPER. i i

PATENT OEEI E I It will be seen that by combining the bal ing-chestB with a direct operating engine the use of cranks, jointed rod and arms, and gear presence of 

